Ready for Net Zero Growth

This growth programme helps you embed your businesses’ Net Zero ambitions within your business growth plan. It will show you how to critically review your business by asking challenging questions and thoroughly reviewing what is and is not working. You will understand your carbon footprint and why it matters, as well as making a plan to reduce your carbon emissions and gain competitive edge in the process.

The benefits

  • Enable the next phase of your growth
  • Shows you how to review your business critically
  • Clearer company vision
  • Know your next steps to achieve your growth goals
  • Calculate your carbon emissions and develop a carbon reduction plan
  • Grow your network of support and get results faster than working through the framework on your own
  • Uses the same growth plan process as the highly successful BGP (Business Growth Programme)

Course structure

  • Two half-day online workshops
  • Six online modules. Work through modules in your own time. Generally, this is 45-60 minutes per module. After each module, you will submit an assignment
  • Tutorials – to summarise key learnings and ask questions after each module
  • 121 Mentoring

Eligibility

  • Owner / senior manager
  • Business established for a minimum of one year
  • A turnover between £300K and £1m+
  • Minimum five employees

Duration: 18 weeks
Location: Online
Closing date for applications: 19 February 2025
Starts: 26 February 2025



Climate Action Planning

If you would like to understand the environmental impact of your business and why it matters, the steps you can take to reduce your carbon emissions and set a Net Zero target for your business, then this programme is for you. It will also show you how to leverage this to gain a competitive advantage.

The benefits

  • Understand the impact of your business’ carbon emissions and why it matters
  • The steps you can take to reduce your carbon emissions
  • Set a Net Zero target
  • Learn how to leverage this for business advantage

Course structure

You will learn:

  • Why climate change is essential for the future of the planet and your business
  • How to talk about sustainability and utilise it to drive business growth
  • How to evaluate your business and understand where your carbon footprint comes from
  • The tools, techniques and technologies you can draw on to reduce your business’ future carbon emissions
  • How to develop a carbon reduction plan and set a target for when you will achieve Net Zero

Eligibility

  • Owner / Senior manager
  • Business established for a minimum of one year
  • A turnover between £80K and £1m
  • Minimum two employees

Duration: 2 days
Location: Online
Closing date for applications: 18 March 2025
Starts: 25 March 2025